The disruption was triggered by a massive restart of our users’ computers across the globe within a very short timeframe as they re-booted after receiving a routine set of patches through Windows Update.

The high number of restarts affected Skype’s network resources. This caused a flood of log-in requests, which, combined with the lack of peer-to-peer network resources, prompted a chain reaction that had a critical impact.

Ok, I’m confused. Sure P2P doesn’t work without any P’s. But I do find it a bit hard to believe that there was such a compressed ““massive restartÃ¢â‚¬Â based on my experiences. So, I guess I’m wondering why this hasn’t happened before given that Windows Updates have been rolling out for quite some time. Something tells me the entire story hasn’t been told yet.